Combination-garment.



E. J. QUIGLEY.

COMBINATION GARMENT.

APPLICATION HL'ED on. 19. 1914.

Patented m 18,1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

E. J. QUIGLEY.

COMBINATION GARMENT;

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 19. 1914.

Patentd May18,1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

EDWARD J. QUIGLEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

- COMBIN AIION-GARMEN T.

Application filed October 19, 1914. Serial No. 867,280.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. QUIGLEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York .city, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination-Gar-v ments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to combination garments and the objects of the invention are to make a combination garment that is easy to put on or take ofi and can be made either as underwear or as a shirt with drawers attached.

Further objects of the invention are to provide means for lengthening or shortenmg the garment.

o the accomplishment of the above objects and to such others as may hereinafter appear the invention comprises, a combination garment having shirt and drawers suitably united and open from the neck to crotch, and also open in front about the Waist at right angles to the opening from the neck to the crotch. I

The invention further comprises means about the waist and adjacent the waist opening for lengthening or shortening the garment.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a front view of an undergarment showing one form of my invention. Fig. 2 is a. front view of a dress shirt with drawers attached embodying my invention. Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 1 showing the garment open. Fig. 4 is a front View of an. under-garment similar to Fig. 1 showing means about the waist adjacent the waist opening for lengthening the garment. Fig. 5 is a view. similar to Fig. 4 showing the garment lengthened. Fig. 6 is a front View of an undergarment showing different means for lengthening and shortening the garment. Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 7 70f Fig. 4:- Fig. 8 isa detail sectional view taken on the line 8 8 of Fig. 6.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the body of an undergarment; or union suit,

to which is secured the drawersQ, in the present instance shown as of knee length, although the same may be made longer if so desired. The body 1 is open down the front from the neck to below the waist line as shown at 3, the drawers being open from the waist line to the crotch as shown at 4. The garment is also-cut so as to be open Specification of Letters Patent Patented May 18, refs.

along the waist line, between the points 5 and 6, which are situated, in the presentinstance, side of the garment and thecentral openings 3 and 4. The body .of' the garment is prorided with extensions or aprons 7 which close the horizontal waist opening between the points 5 and 6, as clearly shown inFigs. 1 and 2. Suitable fastening means such as buttons 8 are provided for closing the garment.

From the above description it will be seen that the garment shown in Figs. 1 and 3 is open rom the neck to the crotch and also open a ong the front part of the waist line.

This cutting ofthe waist line, as just de-,

scribed, affords a certain amount of play that is absolutely essential to a person that is stout. The provision of the aprons or extensions 7 insures the closing of the garment at the waist line. The garment also affords more room to get into and out of it than any other similar garment. the provision of the waist line opening permitting the garment to be more widely opened than would otherwise be the case, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3. This large opening is practically essential in the case of a stout person and very convenient to even a slender person when .the garment is being put on or taken off.

approximately half way between the i out undue tension in theerotch of the garment. and also permits the end of the bosom to move downward when the wearer is in a sitting position.

In order to adapt the garment to fitpeopleoi various heights and also to allow torshrlnka e of the. garment due to washing, the garment as shown in Fig.4 is provided with oneor more plaits 10 about the waist of the garment. Theplaits 10 termi nate at the ends of the transverse opening designated by the points 5 and 6,and when desired one or more of the plaits can be ripped to lengthen the garment. By referring to Fig. 5 it will be seen that one of the plaits 10 has been ripped or let down to lengthen the garment. cross-section the arrangement of the plants 7 shows in taken on the "line 7-7 of Fig. 4; 'Instead'of .the plaits being sewn together as shown in'Figs. 4, 5 and 7 the same may cially when the garment is used without rip- .ping the plaits. If the transverse opening be hard to button and would also present an was not provided it would-be necessary to extend the plaits across the bosom of the garment to the ed es of the opening extendmg from the neo to the crotch, this construction would-not only be objectionable as providing plaits across the bosom of the garment, but the edges of the garment along the central opening would be very bulky where the plaits occurred, due to the doubling over'the extra plies of cloth along the edges of the central opening which would unfinished appearance. 1

From the above it will be seen that the transverse opening makes it possible to pro.-.

vide plaits for letting out the garment without extending the plaits entirely across the front making-a neat appearing garment that can be lengthened or not as desired; The

transverse opening also makes the. garment easy to put on and take off and also permits a certain amount of playin the front of the garment as the front of the drawers are preferably not buttoned to the front of the shirt. 1

The back opening is not shown as any suitable back can be used.

' While the lnventlon has been described -with particular reference to the details of construction, the same is not to be considered as limited thereto as many changes can be made and still fall within the scope of the invention set forth in the following claims.

What I claim is:

1; A combination garment comprising in a one piece suit, shirt and drawers, open from the neck to the crotch, and continuousv he plaits 1.0

portion.

along the sides of the garment, but separated from each other for a portion of the front to each side of the center,wherebyfrelative aprons on the front of said shirt extending below said separated portion.

, 2. A combination garment comprising in a one piece suit, shirt and drawers, open fromthe neck to the crotch, and continuous along-the sides of the garment, but separated from each other for a portion of the front to each side of the center at the waist-line, whereby relative vertical movement of the shirtand drawers atsaid separated portion is permitted, and aprons on the front of said shirt extending below said separated 3. A combination garment comprising a one piece suit consisting of shirt and drawers combined, the central portionfof the front of the shirt extending downward to atv least'.

the waistline, the drawers being secured to vertical movement of the shirt and drawers v at saidseparated portion is permitted, and

the shirt in the vicinitypf the Waist-line and adjacent the central portion of the shirt,

and at least oneplait where the drawers are secured to the shirt, as and for the purposes set forth.

4. A combination garment comprising a one-piece suit consisting of shirt and drawers combined the central portion of the front "'of" the shirt extendino' downward to the vicinity of the crotch, the drawers being secured to the shirt in the vicinity of the waistline and adjacent the central portion of the shirt, and at least one plait where the drawers are secured to the shirt as and for the purposes set forth. Y

5. A combination garment comprising'a one-piece suit consisting of shirt and drawers combined, the central portion of the front of the shirt extending downward to .the vicinity of the crotch, the drawers being secured to the shirt,-in the vicinity of the waist line and adjacent the central portion of the shirt,'at least one plait where the drawers are secured'to the shirt. and meansv for retaining said plait in position as and for the purposes set forth.

Intestimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. I

I EDWARD J. QUIGLEY. Witnesses; 5 I

LEO J. MATTY,

PAUL H. FRANKE.

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